Oncology & Cancer
Study reveals new insight into tumor progression
Scientists know that activation of growth factor receptors like epidermal growth factor receptors (EGFR) promote tumor progression in many types of cancer.
Aug 17, 2015
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Medical research
Cortisone affects acute lung injury (ALI) via pro-inflammatory signalling pathways
There's no time to lose when an emergency doctor diagnoses "shock lung" at an accident scene. What physicians know as "acute lung injury" (ALI) otherwise leads to death by suffocation without immediate treatment. This is ...
Jul 23, 2015
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Medical research
Lean despite many calories
Metabolism experts are increasingly convinced that obesity and many of the pathogenic changes it entails, such as Metabolic Syndrome and type 2 diabetes, are a result of chronic inflammatory processes in fatty (adipose) tissue. ...
Jun 8, 2015
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Immunology
Host, heal thyself: Immune system self-organizes to minimize biological cost of pathogenic infections
(Medical Xpress)—The adaptive immune system – a subsystem of the overall immune system – comprises specialized cells and processes that eliminate or prevent pathogen growth by using the experience of past infections ...
Immunology
Breakthrough opens door to safer lupus drugs
A ground-breaking discovery by Monash University researchers could revolutionise treatments given to lupus sufferers, saving thousands of people each year from serious illness or death caused by secondary infections.
May 14, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Research shows how antibodies produce vaccine-like effect against tumors
The problem with traditional cancer treatments is that their effects don't always last: Stop the therapy and the disease may return. That's why antibody therapy—which not only kills tumors, but also appears to train the ...
May 13, 2015
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Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Unraveling the mystery of a-synuclein in neurodegenerative disease and reversing its course
A team of neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center has shown how a protein, known to accumulate in Parkinson's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases, activates the brain's immune response.
May 12, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Study suggests new role for gene in suppressing cancer
Scientists at The University of Manchester have discovered that a previously known gene also helps cells divide normally and that its absence can cause tumours.
Apr 6, 2015
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Immunology
Study finds herpesvirus activates RIG-I receptor to evade body's immune system
Using herpesvirus, molecular immunologists from the University of Southern California (USC) Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center have discovered a cellular process that activates a critical immune defense against pathogens, ...
Apr 2, 2015
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Immunology
Researchers tweak the immune system to target cells bearing tumor antigens
Researchers at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch and Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Berlin-Buch, have succeeded in generating cells of the immune system to specifically target ...
Mar 19, 2015
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